My eyes widened and filled with tears. “You treacherous snake.” Vincent folded his arms over his broad chest. “I never lied about who I was. You were just too simple to believe it.” “I’ll kill you!” I gritted my teeth, sweat beading on every bit of my exposed skin as I tried to summon my magic to fight, but nothing came. “No,” he said as the world drew dark. “No, you won’t.”

